Dog show scenes from Caledonia ON

Last weekend I was at dog shows in Caledonia Ontario with a few of my dogs.  There were two specialty shows for Vizslas (OAPBDFC and Vizsla Society of Ontario) and 4 all breed shows hosted by the Erie Shores Kennel Club.

Elsie (Varazs Kedves Grand Finale) from our 2011 litter free stacking.  She came 2nd in her class and was Reserve Winners Bitch on one of the days.

Sylvia at the front with almost 10 -yr old Vadasz in the VSO Veteran Sweepstakes

Sylvia with Vadasz

More photos of Sylvia and Vadasz.

Vadasz took a nice win in the Veteran Sweepstakes!

Vadasz - 2013 Best of Opposite Sex in Veteran Sweepstakes, Vizsla Society of Ontario Specialty Show

 MISKA

 Int'l BIS/RBIS (Veteran) AKC/CKC/Int'l/UKC CH Varazs Kiralyi Kedvesem NAVHDA NA Prize III CKC: FD, CDX, RE, RAE, AgIS, AgIJS, CGN; AKC: JH, CDX, RAE, OAP, OJP, CGC; Misc: URO2,TDI

Below:  Miska in Veteran Sweepstakes, Vizsla Society of Ontario Specialty Show on June 8. 

She came 1st in her class - 7-9 year old bitches!

Miska free stacking

Miska gaiting

QUEST

CH Varazs Quester  (from my 2006 litter)

 

Below, half-brothers, BODI (born May 2011) and QUEST in the
best of breed line-up, VSO Specialty Show.

Bodi: BIS (UKC), CKC/UKC CH Varazs Mokany Kiralyi Orban FDJ JH URO1

CGN NAVHDA NA PZ I
On Thursday June 6, Bodi took Best of Breed at the Erie Shores all breed show and picked up more points towards his Grand Champion title!  Woot, woot!

Bodi made the judge's cut; Quest didn't

Quest and Vadasz giving their dad COMPLETE attention!

A good time was had by all our dogs!

The best veterans!

The Rio Salado Vizsla Club's veteran sweepstakes (Feb. 7, 2009) were sparsely attended in Phoenix AZ. Very sparsely in fact - only 3 veterans entered and two of them were my dogs. Traveling from California to visit us here in AZ was Elizabeth Packer who entered Gryphon (Am & Int'l CH Varazs Gryphon's Magical Mist JH CD RA) pictured at Right in the sweeps. I hadn't seen Elizabeth and Gryphon for a few years so it was wonderful to meet up with them again. Gryphon turns 8 on Feb. 21 and he is still so handsome with a beautiful dark, rich rust coat. He has a beautiful head and absolutely fantastic feet - probably the best cat feet I've ever seen on a Vizsla. And get this, in all the years Elizabeth has owned Gryphon, she's only had to trim his nails a couple of times when he was a puppy. His nails grow but they get worn down naturally. That's a dog owner's dream come true - and probably a Vizsla's too!



Back to the veteran sweeps . . . Gryphon was the only male veteran. My Nova (Cdn CH Ferngold Varazs Innovation JH, FDJ Am/Cdn CD, Cdn RA, Am RE, CGN) pictured at the left was one of only two female veterans. Well, she could have come 2nd out of two, but the judge, Mary Jane Mowry from Phoenix, liked her and gave her first. Gryphon and Nova then went up against one another and Ms Mowray picked Gryphon as Best Veteran and Nova as Best of Opposite. In both cases, I was the 'winner' being the breeder and/or owner of both dogs. But what was so nice to hear were the compliments from the judge who is an Irish Setter breeder. She loved both dogs and couldn't find enough nice things to say about them and commented that they were so much better than many of the Vizsla puppies she had just judged in the sweeps. That meant a lot. So here's to our veteran sweeps winners, Gryphon and Nova!